site to site vpn - how to find printer share on other subnet ?

[scott]

Hi,

I have the following setup and i would like to redirect a printer in the
session to a remote share:

-----------------------------------------
shared printer
|
XP Client
192.168.6.13
|
192.168.6.1
router
|
|
net
|
|
router
192.168.5.1
|
192.168.5.5
Terminal server
-----------------------------------------

From the server I need to run the following in a command prompt

net use LPT1: \\192.168.6.13\printer

How can i allow my routers to find the IP and Printer share ?

I assume i should be able to NAT forward ports/protocol from ROUTER to
ROUTER to XP Client but which ones ? (also does this not mean i can only map
one printer ?)

If a session on the terminal server (192.168.5.5) could ping 192.168.6.13
then i would be almost there. Is this even possible ?

Thanks for any information
Scott

site to site vpn - how to find printer share on other subnet ?

 

[Lanwench [MVP - Exchange]]

Hi,

I have the following setup and i would like to redirect a printer in
the session to a remote share:

XP Client
192.168.6.13

192.168.6.1
router
router
192.168.5.1

192.168.5.5
Terminal server
-----------------------------------------

From the server I need to run the following in a command prompt

net use LPT1: \\192.168.6.13\printer

How can i allow my routers to find the IP and Printer share ?

I assume i should be able to NAT forward ports/protocol from ROUTER to
ROUTER to XP Client but which ones ? (also does this not mean i can
only map one printer ?)

If a session on the terminal server (192.168.5.5) could ping
192.168.6.13 then i would be almost there. Is this even possible ?[/QUOTE]

If you have a VPN working, you ought to be able to ping everything both
ways. Do you have the XP firewall enabled on that client - and if so, have
you checked to make sure you have exceptions for file/print sharing?

From site1, can you go to the site2's \\computername or \\ipaddressOfClient
in Explorer and see it & its shares?

Thanks for any information
Scott

site to site vpn - how to find printer share on other subnet ?

What's the reason you need to use an LPT mapping rather than printing
directly? Are you using an old DOS app that requires this?

What version of TS, and what version of the RD client? If you're trying to
use a local printer in a TS session, and are having a problem doing so -

See http://www.workthin.com/tsp.htm

and
Printers That Use Ports That Do Not Begin With COM, LPT, or USB Are Not
Redirected in a Remote Desktop or Terminal Services Session
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;302361

 

[scott]

Hi,

Thanks for the reply. I think the problem is that the routing between the 2
sites has not been configured correctly.

What needs to be enabled between each sites routers to allow me to use "net
use LPT1 \\server\printershare" ?

Assuming that the printer is shared correctly allready at site 2, do i just
need WINS to work over the VPN connection or something ?

Thanks
Scott


shared printer
|
server (site2)
192.168.6.13
|
192.168.6.1
router
|
vpn
|
router
192.168.5.1
|
192.168.5.5
server (site1)

 

[scott]

will just map the IP if i can get it the subnets to see each other correctly
using LMHost.

 

[Lanwench [MVP - Exchange]]

Hi,

Thanks for the reply. I think the problem is that the routing between
the 2 sites has not been configured correctly.

What needs to be enabled between each sites routers to allow me to
use "net use LPT1 \\server\printershare" ?

File & printer sharing, and you may need to pass along the appropriate
remote credentials. If you have VPN set up already, and have name resolution
of some sort, you should be able to do this. That said, why use LPT1? I
don't see any need unless you have an old DOS app, as I said - you ought to
be able to print directly to the shared printer.